Lulu Guinness's Top Ten Fashion-Meets-Art Moments

The British accessories fashion designer Lulu Guinness OBE shares her top ten moments where the worlds of art and fashion collide following a recent visit to Mondrian and his Studios at Tate Liverpool




Lulu Guinness with Tate Liverpool Director Francesco Manacorda in the recreation of Mondrian's studio in 'Mondrian and his Studios'
© Pete Carr

Anyone that knows me knows that art is, and always has been, such a huge passion of mine so when I was invited for a tour of the Mondrian exhibition at the Tate in Liverpool I was overjoyed! Thank you again to the team for making my visit such an enjoyable one, and in particular to Artistic Director Francesco Manacorda for taking me round the exhibition and giving me a wonderful insight into the life of one of my favourite artists. I can't recommend it enough and continue to rave about it to anyone who will listen!

For me fashion and art go hand in hand, with so many designers taking influence from artists both past and present, resurrecting their work with a fashionable twist on the catwalk. Throughout many of my own collections you'll notice inspiration from the art world and more recently you'll probably recognise influences from Henri Matisse's cut-outs throughout my AW14 collection. Here I thought I'd share ten of my favourite 'fashion meets art' collaborations, from Mondrian and Yves Saint Laurent to Louise Bourgeois and Commes Des Garcons, it's a recap of fashion's most artistic moments with a few of my own designs thrown in for good measure!

Love Lulu x


Richard Prince X Louis Vuitton




Louis Vuitton Spring 2008 ready-to-wear collection in collaboration with Richard Prince, inspired by his 'Nurse' paintings


Andy Warhol X Versace




Supermodel Linda Evangelista in the Andy Warhol inspired 'Marilyn' dress by Gianni Versace, photographed by Irving Penn in 1991


James Tissot X Alexander McQueen




Alexander McQueen on display in the windows of the New York department store Bergdorf Goodman in 2011 recalls Tissot


Louise Bourgeois X Comme Des Garcons




Dress featured in Comme Des Garcon's Spring/Summer collection 1997 with lumps and bumps akin to the sculptural work of Louise Bourgeois


Vincent Van Gogh X Maison Martin Margiela




Dress in Maison Martin Margiela Fall/Winter 2014 Artisanal collection recalls Van Gogh's 'Irises' painting


Gerhard Richter X Proenza Schouler




Proenza Schouler at New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 with a nod to Gerhard Richter's overpainted photographs


Pablo Picasso X Jil Sander




The Jil Sander Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection included knitwear illustrated with Picasso's faces


Piet Mondrian X Yves Saint Laurent




Shift dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent in 1965 inspired by Mondrian


Henri Matisse X Lulu Guinness




Lulu Guinness's Abstract Chloe Clutch bag inspired by Matisse, featured in her Autumn/Winter 2014 collection


Frida Kahlo X Lulu Guinness




Lulu Guinness's Frida Kahlo inspired bag


Mondrian and his Studios is at Tate Liverpool from 6 June to 5 October

This post originally appeared on the Tate blog